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    It is not the case that Wide variation in religious beliefs about God's nature is compatible with worthiness of worship being the sole defining feature of God.

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    • 1.Worthiness of worship presupposes specific divine attributes (omnipotence, moral perfection) that constrain rather than permit arbitrary variation in God-concepts.
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    • 2.A being worthy of unconditional worship must possess maximal greatness, and maximal greatness has determinate content that rules out many religious conceptions of God.
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    • 1.The supporting argument conflates variation in worship practices with variation in the object of worship, treating them as equivalent when they are logically distinct.
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    • 2.Anselm's tradition establishes that 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived' converges on a unique concept, making wide doctrinal variation evidence against a single worthy object, not compatibility with one.
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    • 1.Forms of worship vary widely across religions.
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    • 2.If worthiness of worship is the defining feature of God, beliefs about what God is like can still vary as widely as worship practices vary.
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